Tlell

Tlell (53˚34'00" 131˚56'00" E side of Graham I, S of the mouth of the Tlell R, QCI). The small community of Tlell is named after the Tlell R, but the meaning of the name, a Haida word, is uncertain. QCI historian Kathleen Dalzell records two meanings for it: “place of big surf” and “land of berries.” The area was first settled by William Thomas Hodges, or “Mexican Tom,” in 1904. He built up a homestead, now known as the Richardson Ranch, on the banks of the river, and an early...

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